Testing Bits – 7/13/14 – 7/19/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/13/14 – 7/19/14.

Articles & Blogs

• 6 Areas Your App Security Testing Shouldn’t Miss – Mike Brown – http://mobileapptesting.com/2014/07/17/6-areas-your-app-security-testing-shouldnt-miss/
• A Map for Testability – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2014/07/a-map-for-testability.html
• A new defect severity hierarchy … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-new-defect-severity-hierarchy.html
• A new defect severity hierarchy … – David Greenless – http://martialtester.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/a-newer-defect-severity-hierarchy/
• Agile testing innovations in a distributed world – Deepika Mamnani – http://testhuddle.com/agile-testing-innovations-in-a-distributed-world/
• Are You Feeling Lucky, Punk – Colin Cherry – http://itesting.com.au/2014/07/15/are-you-feeling-lucky-punk/
• Blog: How Models Change – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/07/how-models-change/
• Blog: Very Short Blog Posts (20): More About Testability – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/07/very-short-blog-posts-20-more-about-testability/
• Business Value Transparency – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2014/07/18/business-value-transparency/
• CI success depends on quality acceptance criteria – Amy Reichert – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/CI-success-depends-on-quality-acceptance-criteria
• Ensuring the Performance of Mobile Apps—on Every Device and Network: An Interview with Steve Weisfeldt – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/ensuring-performance-mobile-apps-every-device-and-network-interview-steve-weisfeldt
• Getting our message across about what “testing” really is – Lee Hawkins – http://therockertester.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/getting-our-message-across-about-what-testing-really-is/
• Giving story points to my session reports – Simon Schrijver – http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/giving-story-points-to-my-session-reports/
• How to Conduct a Good Phone Interview – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/how-to-conduct-a-good-phone-interview/
• I am interested in a Testing Career – can you help me learn more about the field? – Bernice Niel Ruhland – http://thetestersedge.com/2014/07/13/i-am-interested-in-a-testing-career-can-you-help-me-learn-more-about-the-field/
• I am a Tester – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2014/07/i-am-tester.html
• It’s Not Just About The Testing! – Teri Charles – http://bouldertester.blogspot.com/2014/07/its-not-just-about-testing.html
• Information debt – Joep Schuurkes – http://testingcurve.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/information-debt/
• Leveraging the Wisdom of the Crowd: An Interview with Mukesh Sharma and Rajini Padmanaban – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/leveraging-wisdom-crowd-interview-mukesh-sharma-and-rajini-padmanaban
• On Software Quality and Software Testing – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/07/on-software-quality-and-software-testing.html
• Please stop trying to sell me on management positions while offering a “QA Engineer” title and salary – Noah Sussman – http://infiniteundo.com/post/92162338653/please-stop-trying-to-sell-me-on-management-positions
• Release Testing – to do or not to do, that is the question – John Andrews – http://testingfromthehip.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/release-testing-to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-the-question/
• Schrodingers jokes … and some thoughts on test cases … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/07/schrodingers-jokes-and-some-thoughts-on.html
• Shakespeare’s lost (test) scripts … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2014/07/shakespeares-lost-test-scripts.html
• Software quality metrics paint partial project picture – Gerie Owen – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Software-quality-metrics-paint-partial-project-picture
• Struggles getting sign-off – Mark Crowther – http://cyreath.blogspot.com/2014/07/struggles-getting-sign-off.html
• Test Automation Can Be So Much More… – Eric Jacobson – http://www.testthisblog.com/2014/07/test-automation-can-be-so-much-more.html
• Test Environment – still a challenge – Jayanthi Kodanda – http://testhuddle.com/test-environment-still-a-challenge-2/
• Testability Is Always Good Thing – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/91706517845/testability-is-always-good-thing
• The name of the thing is not the thing – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-name-of-thing-is-not-thing.html
• What do QA tester would expect from QA Manager? – Shanmuga Raja – http://rantsonsoftware.com/what-do-you-qa-tester-would-expect-from-qa-manager/
• Who owns testing? – Noah Sussman – http://infiniteundo.com/post/92068317763/who-owns-testing
• Why Developers Won’t Necessarily Make the Best Testers – Tammy Shipps – http://blog.utest.com/2014/07/16/can-developers-make-good-testers/

Tools

• Download HP LoadRunner 12.01 – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – http://qainsights.com/download-hp-loadrunner-12-01/
• How to handle windows site authentication in Web Driver? – Alex Siminiuc – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-to-handle-windows-site.html
• QTP BPT – TestName Variable Issue – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/07/17/qtp-bpt-testname-variable-issue/
• Winrunner – Life-Long Test Automation Lessons – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/07/15/winrunner-life-long-test-automation-lessons/

Conferences/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Comparing BBST Foundations Courses – Aleksis Tulonen – http://flowoftesting.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/comparing-bbst-foundations-courses/
• KWST4: An Experience Report – Adam Howard – http://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/kwst4-an-experience-report/
• Spotlight on the London Tech Meetup Scene – Toby Sinclair – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2014/07/spotlight-london-tech-meetup-scene/
• Weekend Testing Europe relaunches this week – Neil Studd – http://blog.neiltest.com/2014/07/15/weekend-testing-europe-relaunches-this-week/
• WTANZ 22 – Back to Basics: Exploratory Test Planning – Alessandra Moreira – http://weekendtesting.com/archives/3629

Attention: Ohio Testers

7/29/14 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Ruby/Cucumber – A Live Demo – http://bit.ly/1wxEu4Y

Miscellaneous

• Slides: Security Testing for Testing Professionals – Jeff Payne – http://www.stickyminds.com/presentation/security-testing-testing-professionals
• State of Software Testing 2013- Webinar transcript – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/state-of-testing/2013-webinar-transcript/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Innovative Non-Profit Aims to Keep IT Testing Jobs in the U.S. – Gary Stern – http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/computer-jobs-training-it-testing-jobs-per-scholas
• Meet ‘Project Zero,’ Google’s Secret Team of Bug-Hunting Hackers – Andy Greenberg – http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/
• M&S E-Commerce Project – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/ms-e-commerce-project/
• Rediscovering Opera – Chin Wong – http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/07/15/rediscovering-opera/
• Tesla $10,000 Hacking Challenge: The Beginning of a New Era for Security Testers? – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/07/14/tesla-10000-hacking-challenge-the-beginning-of-a-new-era-for-security-testers/
• Windows App Testing: History of Windows Mobile and its versions – Part 1 – Pradeep Lingan – http://pradeeplingan.blogspot.com/2014/07/windows-app-testing-history-of-windows.html
• Y2K Bug Strikes Again With Draft Snafu – Cameron Philipp-Edmonds – http://www.techwell.com/2014/07/y2k-bug-strikes-again-draft-snafu

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